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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Home ministry okays 2-day holiday during SAARC summit

Despite reservations by some senior government officials, Deputy
Prime and Home Minister Bamdev Gautam on Tuesday approved a two-day
public holiday for the Kathmandu Valley during the SAARC summit as
recommended by security agencies.

The home ministry´s holiday
proposal will be forwarded to the cabinet for endorsement, according to
the Home Minister´s press secretary Bishwamani Subedi. With a view to
ease the movement of foreign dignitaries, avoid annoying traffic jams
and to minimize security threats, the security agencies had earlier
recommended the government to announce two-day public holiday and four
days´ leave for schools and colleges in the Kathmandu Valley, which has
over 755,000 registered vehicles. The SAARC summit is scheduled for
November 26th and 27th.

With just 10 days remaining for the
summit, government officials and security agencies are working on
war-footing to make the summit a grand success. A high-level joint
security team led by Lt General Pawan Bahadur Pandey on Tuesday returned
to Kathmandu after making inspection visits to Muktinath, Lumbini,
Janakpur, which are likely to be visited by foreign dignitaries during
the summit.

Meanwhile, the 18th SAARC Summit Preparations Main
Committee reviewed the preparations for the summit including management,
financial aspect and security, among other things, at Singha Durbar on
Tuesday.

At the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sushil Koirala,
who is the coordinator of the main committee, ministries concerned
informed that most of the preparatory work for the summit have been
completed and the remaining work will be completed by Nov 16.

Prime
Minister Koirala instructed the line ministries to leave no stone
unturned to make the summit a grand success while giving special focus
to security.